Oregon militants hurl insults at conservationists calling out Bundys for trying to steal public land

Three environmentalists protesting the occupation of a wildlife refuge in Harney County, Oregon, tried to speak Saturday at a press conference but were shouted down by militants, the Oregonian reports.

Members of the Center for Biological Diversity waited for a chance to speak while carrying signs that read “Stop Bundy Land Grab” and “Public land for all,” but that opportunity never came.

The militant group took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on January 2 under the leadership of Ammon Bundy, son of Nevada Rancher Cliven Bundy. On Saturday, the group was talking to media about surveillance cameras they had removed, claiming they had been put in place by the FBI to spy on them.

On Friday, occupier Kenneth Medenbach, 62, was arrested when he took a federal vehicle off refuge grounds to make a grocery store run. Authorities have otherwise taken a low-key approach to the situation.